living on the North Norfolk Coast

I’ve started working on a new vlog for my YouTube channel.  This covers my recipe for pork with celery and given it’s not that easy to film while cooking and narrating at the same time, I have chosen to use photos instead, with a voice over.  I suppose I shouldn’t call it a vlog (video log).  Maybe plog (photo log) would be more appropriate.  I could call it a phlog but this would probably get confused with flog, meaning to sell something.  Unless, I can think of another term

So far, the temperatures have been above average for November, at times wearing a jacket or coat have been quite unnecessary.   On Sunday, I was determined to get out in the garden, to clear the leaves and have a general tidy of the main border at the back.  It was a bit damp first thing but just as soon as the light rain, reduced to mizzle, I was outside, after which it soon stopped completely.  As I made my way along the border, I was joined by a frog who seemed quite conte

It’s been a blustery week but this afternoon, the wind has calmed down.  Hopefully, tomorrow I’ll be able to clear fallen leaves.  The...

Regular readers of my blog will be aware of the problems we experienced last year, in the village, with full rubbish bins and more...

The works, rerouting the path from Pauls Lane car park towards the beach, started on Thursday (see photo taken Friday morning, at the end...

We are certainly making the most of the warm sunny days.  We could have done with more like these, this month.  Yes, we’ve had sun but...

For a council which encourages tourism, North Norfolk District Council (NNDC) are working towards discouraging tourists from visiting the...

Given the beautiful sunny days with blue skies, we’ve enjoyed recently, I shouldn’t complain about the easterly winds which have kept...

After concentrating, in my previous blogs, on the cliff slump below the Sea Marge and the subsequent closure of the promenade, it’s time...

Today is the first I can remember for many weeks, when we haven’t needed to have the heating on throughout the day.  Since Tuesday we...

I have ticked everything off my winter ‘to do’ list; this has given me a great feeling of satisfaction.  A definite improvement in the...

An upturn in the weather meant I was able to spend Thursday morning in the back garden, having a good tidy, before progressing out to the...

I had originally planned to devote this blog to a recap of the highs and lows of 2024 but after finding I have plenty to write about in...

No particular reason for not writing a blog for nearly a week!  It wasn’t until this afternoon, that I thought I had better check when my...

Whatever happened to mentally distress (description used by North Norfolk News) the man who visited the village, in his car with his dog,...

I’ve been making the most of what is probably going to be the last of the warm weather; that’s if the forecast is correct.  I am sure we...

After some weeks of not seeing any butterflies (apart from the occasional cabbage white) in our garden, over the weekend we were visited...

That’s me finished with the Council, as far as reporting full and overflowing bins are concerned.  I can only conclude from my latest...

I don’t know why, when we get up earlier and go to bed later in the summer months, to me the days feel shorter.  Maybe it’s because the...

It’s here – I’m referring to summer.  Such a change over the last few days, it may not last for long, so we have been making the most of...